Summerlands Lodge Hospital -
Westgate on Sea - 2011
The old place was once a boys school, but then became a nursing home, I've been driving past this place for ages, and my missus was sick of me going on about it each time we drove past. It is very public, on a main road, with a bus stop in front, and another building using the same access.
But I grew balls and went for it. Got to say it was creepy in there, I think there was a fire alarm beeping, which spooked me every time it went off, clanging air vents, and pigeons, bloody pigeons, plus I forgot my torch.
The place has been ransacked for metal, but it surprises me the amount of equipment left in these places, especially in the time of financial hardship.
The site has rooms covered in photos of staff and residents, having parties etc. Which just adds to the sad atmosphere of the place. I find it quite distressing what the chavs write on the old pictures, a final insult.
On with the pics.
But I grew balls and went for it. Got to say it was creepy in there, I think there was a fire alarm beeping, which spooked me every time it went off, clanging air vents, and pigeons, bloody pigeons, plus I forgot my torch.
The place has been ransacked for metal, but it surprises me the amount of equipment left in these places, especially in the time of financial hardship.
The site has rooms covered in photos of staff and residents, having parties etc. Which just adds to the sad atmosphere of the place. I find it quite distressing what the chavs write on the old pictures, a final insult.
On with the pics.